Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Mem Fox writes a brilliant and memorable tale of the innocence and simplicity of a child reaching out and connecting with the elderly, who have been forgotten and are forgetting a part of themselves. It is a compassionate story about a little boy who cares enough to gather memories for his […]
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Tags: 1980s Childrens Literature·Aging·Compassion·Early Elementary·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Julie Vivas·Mem Fox·Preschoolers·Thoughtfulness
Hello, Baby!
September 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Mem Fox writes a simple and engaging tale relating animal characteristics to babies and toddlers. She uses rhyme to describe an animal on each page, but surprisingly focuses on some of the less obvious characteristics such as a porcupine “twitching its nose.” The descriptions are not overly detailed […]
Tags: Animals·Baby Book·Body Parts·Good for Toddlers·Huyen MacMichael·Mem Fox·Preschoolers·Steve Jenkins
Hunwick’s Egg
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Mem Fox spent seven years writing this lovely little book about a rabbit-eared bandicoot — an adorable Australian desert animal — and the devotion he showers on an egg that he has found. While there’s some ambiguity about whether the egg is in fact an egg, or just a rock (since […]
Tags: Australia·Biomes·Conservation·Early Elementary·Eggs·Endangered Species·Habitats·Mem Fox·Pamela Lofts·Preschoolers·vegan